Re: announce: v2.6.20-rt1 yum repository and kernel rpms

[Thomas M Steenholdt <tmus tmus dk>]

Thomas M Steenholdt wrote:
> Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > in case you are interested in really bleeding-edge kernel rpms for 
> > fc7/fc6/fc5, i've created the -rt kernel yum repository, which 
> > provides the -rt kernel in rpmized form for i686 and x86_64, updated 
> > daily/bi-daily. The package is named 'kernel-rt' so it does not 
> > conflict with the Fedora kernel package - you can always revert to the 
> > Fedora kernel.
>
> It seems my system hangs at some point during IDE initialization...
>
> This is the last I see, before the system hangs (does not respond to 
> caps-lock, num-lock etc)
> ---
> ICH7: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
>     ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1880-0x1887, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
> ---

Ading "nolapic" kernel commandline option, makes boot work a lot better.

Now, when hitting Gnome (in FC6) things are dog slow... mouse movement 
(USB) is jerky etc...

*Should* this work or are there system libs or stuff that need 
updating/rebuilding to work correctly with a dyntick kernel?!?

/Thomas